Sources close to the National Alliance camp have revealed that the National Alliance (NA) and the United Peoples (UP) party have signed an agreement to form a new coalition and a new government last night. Sources say William Marlin, Silveria Jacobs, Theo Heyliger and Franklin Meyers signed an agreement last night to form the next government. The deputy leader of the National Alliance who has won the most votes again in this election has put her foot down and says she will not work with Frans Richardson’s US party. Frans Richardson and Silvio Matser are livid at the prospect of…
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TodayNewspaper.Online brings you live and real-time analysis of the election results as they come in. The final results are in and are as follows: OSPP – 204 UP – 4127 USP – 2796 SDM – 603 SMCP – 856 HOPE – 75 PPA – 229 DP – 1810 NA – 3783 The seat allotments are as follows: UP – 5 USP – 3 DP – 2 NA – 5 The threshold for a seat is presently 966. But we expected this quota to rise to over 1000 votes at the end of the night as the invalid votes are deducted. The final results are online at:…
Towards the end of the day, these supporters of the Democratic Party had some energy left for a photo shoot. Photo Today / Milton Pieters GREAT BAY – Despite what appeared to be a largely incident-free Election Day, some of the candidates were concerned by the change in the regulation about a ban on campaigning by candidates or supporters within 200 meters of polling stations. For one candidate, the low voter turnout early into polling, even within two hours before close of polls was a major concern. National Alliance #13 candidate Jimmy Challenger was very concerned about both issues. The…
GREAT BAY – Prime Minister William Marlin raised alarm about some political parties not adhering to the rules that prohibits candidates or supporters to come within 200 meters of a polling station to campaign. Speaking just after casting his ballot at the Milton Peters College (MPC), Marlin suggested that the UP Party had persons at all the polling stations, even at the door. “Congregating at the polling station is actually not allowed even though my understanding is that particularly the UP Party has had several of their supporters in Middle Region even in front of the door of the polling…
A survey by sxmelections.com shows a different voter sentiment than the Today poll. From a larger sample of 650 votes, collected on the streets and online, this poll gave the UP the lead with 36.3 percent, ahead of the National Alliance (19.5) and the Democratic Party (14.6 percent). The USp is fourth with 13.5 percent and the SMCP surprises here with 8.2 percent, just enough for one seat. Remarkably, the pollsters gave the UP 5 seats, NA and DP 3 and USp and SMCP 2 each. We do not know with turnout the pollsters used to calculate these results, but…
GREAT BAY – Franklin Meyers, the deputy leader of the United People’s party ate his own words when he left a voicemail with Sidharth Cookie Bijlani to apologize for his statements in Billy D’s radio show where he attacked migrants saying that only born St. Maarteners have a say in government’s decisions. Meyers’ statement was a blunt attack on Minister Emil Lee, but it backfired because the Indian community got upset with it. The voicemail of Meyers’ apology has been posted on Facebook. The clip last two minutes and twelve seconds and shows that Meyers called Bijlani twice. On the…
The ‘I from Here’ mantra got a new lease on life during a broadcast of Billy D’s radio program last week when United People’s party MP Franklin Meyers tore into migrants, saying that they should not come here to tell him what to do. Meyers said that decisions will be made “by us and not by people who have come here and made St. Maarten their home.” At the same time, Meyers said that he “has nothing against anybody” leaving listeners rather confused. Interestingly, one of those ‘migrants’, Public Health Minister Emil Lee was also present in the same broadcast,…
Prime Minister William Marlin (left) speaks with Remco Stomp, a former dean of the Bar Association. To the far left Sharia Bommel is visible. Next to Marlin from left Sjamira Roseburg, Geert Hatzman and Safira Ibrahim. Right is Erno Labega. Photo Today / Milton Pieters GREAT BAY – Protesting pro bono lawyers made their presence felt during the soft opening of the Government Administration Building on Pond Island to the displeasure of government coordinator Erno Labega and Finance Minister Richard Gibson. The attorneys refused to leave until they had spoken to Justice Minister Edson Kirindongo who earlier on Friday morning…
Starting from 8 a.m. this morning, eligible voters have the opportunity to elect their representatives for the third time since our island became an autonomous country. St. Maarten needs, more than anything else, stability. That voters are fed up with politics after all the shenanigans of the past six years is understandable. Ship jumpers and candidates with criminal records do not make the country look good, nor do these characters give voters the confidence that this time around everything is going to be different. And yet, at the end of the day it is all up to the electorate. It…
Attorneys march over Illidge Road, briefly bringing traffic to a standstill. Photo Today / Milton Pieters GREAT BAY – The pro bono lawyers will not give up their strike until there is a solid agreement with the justice ministry about the payment of outstanding invoices and an adjustment of tariffs that haven’t changed since 1993. On Friday, attorneys assembled in the parking lot of Today for a march on the office of Justice Minister Edson Kirindongo. The criminal defense attorneys received support from civil law attorneys from of office of BZSE. The attorneys started their march on Walter Nisbeth Road…
